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| Name: | Comforty Media Concepts |
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| ADDRESS: | 2145 Pioneer Road
Evanston, IL 60201 |
| COUNTRY: | United States |
| TELEPHONE NUMBER: | +(1-847) 475-0791 |
| FAX: | +(1-847) 475-0793 |
| EMAIL: | comforty@interaccess.com |
| WEBSITE: | http://www.interaccess.com/comforty |
| OPERATING HOURS: | By appointment only |
| CONTACT PERSON(S): | Jacky Comforty
Phone: +(1-847) 475-0791
Email: comforty@interaccess.com
Primary Contact:
Ms. Lisa Comforty
Phone: +(1-847) 475-0791
Email: comforty@interaccess.com
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| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION: | |
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| OVERVIEW OF ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: | The Comforty collection of oral histories is in two categories: those collected in order to tell the story of how Bulgarian Jewry survived the Holocaust and those collected in the context of other projects on the Holocaust. The latter category is general in nature and arises mostly out of the video and audio programs produced for the St. Louis Holocaust Museum.
Most oral histories were conducted in formal settings. However, individuals were also interviewed on the street in Bulgaria, Israel, and Spain when the occasion arose. In addition, family members were also interviewed in more informal settings.
The oral histories amount to about 120 hours of videoed and filmed interviews with more than 100 people. Those conducted in Israel, comprising some 54 hours, are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. The remainder, some 65 hours, are housed at Comforty Media Concepts. |
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| Collect Holocaust Oral Histories: | No. |
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| Interview Guidelines: | Yes. |
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| Additional Information: | Guidelines are in Hebrew. |
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| Project Complete: | Yes. |
| Year of First Interview: | 1989 |
| Year of Last Interview: | 1995 |
| Interviews Per Year: | 30 |
| Average Hours Per Interview: | 1.5 |
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| RECORDING METHOD | |
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| Audio: | Yes. |
| Number of Audio Hours: | 20 |
| Total Number of Audio Interviews: | 10 |
| Number of Audio Reel-To-Reel Interviews: | Information Not Available. |
| Number of Audiocassette Interviews: | 10 |
| Number of Interviews in Other Audio Formats: | Information Not Available. |
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| Video: | Yes. |
| Number of Video Hours: | 120 |
| Total Number of Video Interviews: | 100 |
| Number of 1/2-inch Betacam-SP Interviews: | 44 |
| Number of 3/4-inch U-matic Interviews: | 20 |
| Number of 1/2-inch VHS interviews: | 3 |
| Number of Film interviews: | 33 |
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| RULES: | |
| Access to Collection: | Restricted. Information Not Available. |
| Special Requirements for Access or Use: | Must contact United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and/or Comforty Media Concepts for access to collection. |
| Notice Required to Pull Tapes or Reserve Facility: | Yes. |
| Access Fee: | Information Not Available. |
| Research Services: | Yes. |
| Research Fee: | $40 per hour |
| Research Services Requirements: | Contact Jacky Comforty, +(1-874) 475-0791. |
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| Permission Required for Use of Material in | |
| Publications: | Yes. |
| Classrooms: | Yes. |
| Public Lectures: | Yes. |
| Documentaries: | Yes. |
| How To Obtain permission: | Contact Jacky and Lisa Comforty. |
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| RESOURCES | |
| Format of Collection | |
| Video/Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| On-Site Equipment | |
| Audio: | Yes. |
| Video: | Yes. |
| Users Can Bring Their Own: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Finding Aids | |
| Guide to Collection Available: | In process. |
| Published: | N/A |
| Guide Cost: | Information Not Available. |
| Address to Obtain Guide: | Comforty Media Concepts
2145 Pioneer Road
Evanston, IL 60201 USA |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Transcripts | |
| Audio: | Information Not Available. |
| Video: | All. |
| Available for photocopying: | All. |
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| Summaries | |
| Summarized: | Yes. |
| Available for Photocopying: | Yes. |
| Available on Disk: | Yes. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Indices | |
| Tapes Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Transcripts Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries Indexed: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices Available for Photocopying: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices Available on Disk: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
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| Cataloging Information | |
| Collection Cataloged: | Information Not Available. |
| Available on Computer: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format: | Information Not Available. |
| MARC Format Type: | Information Not Available. |
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| Internet Resources | |
| Web Address: | http://www.comforty.com/ |
| Transcripts: | Information Not Available. |
| Summaries: | Information Not Available. |
| Catalog: | Information Not Available. |
| Indices: | Information Not Available. |
| Interview Clips: | Information Not Available. |
| Other: | Information Not Available. |
| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Bibliographic Information | |
| Belong to: | Information Not Available. |
| OCLC: | N/A |
| RLIN: | N/A |
| Other: | N/A |
| Plan to Join: | Information Not Available. |
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| Loan or Purchase | |
| Material Available Through Interlibrary Loan: | Yes. |
| Loan by other collection: | Yes. |
| Loan Fee: | Information Not Available. |
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| DETAIL ABOUT COLLECTION CONTENT | |
| Demographic Information about Interviewees: | |
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| Total Number: | 110 |
| Total Female: | 0 |
| Total Male: | 0 |
| No Data: | Information Not Available. |
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Female |
Male |
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Other Information |
| Jews: | | | | Yes. |
| Roma and/or Sinti: | | | | No. |
| Political Prisoners: | | | | Yes. |
| Prisoners of War: | | | | No. |
| Jehovah’s Witnesses: | | | | No. |
| Homosexual Men/Lesbian Women: | | | | No. |
| Resisters: | | | | Yes. |
| Partisans: | | | | Yes. |
| Rescuers: | | | | Yes. |
| Refugees: | | | | Yes. |
| Liberators: | | | | No. |
| Prosecutors: | | | | Yes. |
| Perpetrators/ Collaborators: | | | | No. |
| Refugee Relief Workers: | | | | Yes. |
| Other: | | | | Bulgarian Church officials and government officials |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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| Focus of Collection: | |
| Ghetto(s) | | |
| Camp(s) |  | Somovit and Kailuka Concentration Camps and Bulgarian forced labor camps. |
| Geographic Area(s) | | Bulgaria |
| Experience(s) | | |
| Survivor Group(s) | | Bulgarian Jewry |
| Other | | |
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| Additional Information: | Information Not Available. |
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